Men's Track & Field

Field Events Strong in Fourth Place Finish

Apr 19, 2008

Field Events Strong in Fourth
Place FinishCUA will prepare for Landmark meet

4/19/2008

GETTYSBURG, Pa. - The Catholic University men's track and field
team, bolstered by its field events, placed fourth out of nine
teams at the Mason Dixon Invitational at Gettysburg College on
Saturday. The Cardinals scored 60 points at the meet, which
placed them behind Gettysburg who won the competition with 314.50.
However, CUA did defeat Landmark Conference rival Goucher
College who had 39 points on the day.

Freshman pole vaulter Andrew Kolbeck (Pewaukee, Wis/Trinity
Academy) led the Cardinals with the lone first place finish of the
afternoon as he easily cleared 3.96 meters. Thrower Stephen
Prieur (Herndon, Va./Oakton ) also had a big day competing in a
number of events and placing second in the hammer throw with a toss
of 27.85 meters. In the jumps, Joe Loeffler was third in the
triple jump hitting 10.83 meters and rounding out the top field
finishers was Eric Schoeffling (Norristown, Pa./La Salle) with a
fourth place finish in the javelin (48.60 meters).

On the track, the distance runners continued to score points for
the Cards. Scott Pospiech (Ocean, N.J./Holy Spirit) was
second in the 800 meters running a 2:01.13. Andrew Smith
(Arlington, Tenn./Bolton) placed fourth in the 5,000 meters with a
17:01.00.

The Cardinals will have one final week to prepare for the
Landmark Conference Championship next weekend.